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If one of my parents has green eyes, does that mean i also carry the green eye gene?
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Possibly: There are many genes that influence eye color, and the green eye color is complex. Rather than the iris just being green, the color is from a combination of an amber or light brown pigmentation of the iris stroma with a low or moderate concentration of melanin, with the blue tone coming from scattering of reflected light (thus appearing green). You probably have some of the involved genes.
Answered 3/20/2013
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